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Summary: Earth's Final Night Is Thrilling!
Review: A spacecraft comes to warn Earth of the Sun Eater is coming to drain the Sun's energy and heat ready to leave Earth lifeless. The worlds greatest heroes try to destroy the Sun-Eatter. Even Superman, who fought it in Time And Time Again can't stop it. Death looms on as Hal Jordans returns to Earth to destroy the Sun- Eatter. Earth's Final Night is here!
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Summary: a must have for comic fans
Review: anyone who is a comics fan will love this book.the story was strong and the art was great.the ending is greatest surprise that i didn't see comming.how one hero gets a chance to redeam himself just compleats the story!this book is money well spent. and you will read it over and over again.it has all the heros comming together to save earth from what seems as an unstopable enemy.and they do it with a superman without his powers,another great twist in the story.go buy it today!
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Summary: You'll Never Read The Green Lantern Oath In The Same Way....
Review: DC came out with this comic event in 1996. It is largely written by Karl Kesel (an inker who trained himself to write) and drawn by Stuart Immonen (whose art improved leaps and bounds AFTER this story). Ron Marz put in his best written Hal Jordan story and Mike McKone's earlier art in this book shows how much he's improved today in books like Exiles and Teen Titans (he used to draw all his characters with very short legs!!!).Anyway, on to the story itself. The plot and main story about an entity(?) called the Sun-Eater about to devour the sun is pretty blah! All it does is set up the story of how all the DC superheroes, including a team up between the Legion's Brainiac-5 and Lex Luthor (in homage to Silver Age Brainiac-Luthor team-ups) failed to prevent the end of all existence as we know it. Then in comes Hal Jordan/Parallax. And the story starts to get REALLY good. Especially the part when Hal goes and make peace with all his loved ones before his final sacrifice (Guy Gardner, the late Ollie Queen, Tom "Pieface" Kamalku and Carol Ferris). The last scene of Parallax triumphantly undo the effects of the Sun-Eater and recharge the sun while shouting out his oath, "In Brightest Day, In Blackest Night..." is an awesome sight to behold. And you'll never read the words of that oath in the same way after that. It's that kind of scene in mainstream comics that give you that kind of tingling feeling in your spine and makes you say "WOW"!
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Summary: Typical DC Story with zero point to it.
Review: DC finally puts Hal Jordan out to pasture in this really not so great story. But J.M. DeMatteis now has some new words to say about Hal in the new Specter series from DC, so this story is now a moot point.
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Summary: Typical DC Story with zero point to it.
Review: DC's "Crisis on Infinite Earths" began the odious trend of the comic book mini-series with crossovers throughout the major books of a given publisher. Since 1985, we endure these series at about a one-a-year clip, each more execrable than the last as beloved characters get strip-mined to provide fodder for another gargantuan battle against pure evil to pad the pockets of lazy and unimaginative writers. Karl Kesel's hands aren't clean in this matter either: one of the better writers in DC's stable, Kesel's work on "Hawk & Dove" was always fairly interesting and uncontrived. Once that series ended, we were socked with "Armageddon: 2001" as Hawk became the ubiquitous uber-tyrant Monarch; then "Armageddon: The Alien Agenda" which was a poor sequel with the other also-ran Captain Atom; which in turn was followed by "Zero Hour", which featured Hawk/Monarch's transformation into another omnipotent opponent for our trusty heroes, this time called Extant, who promptly murdered the Justice Society for no apparent reason. In between, of course, Hal Jordan, the Silver Age Green Lantern, suddenly went nuts and destroyed the Green Lantern Corps and seemingly half the universe in "Emerald Twilight". Jordan turned up as the master villain behind Extant in "Zero Hour." With "Final Night", this cycle comes to a merciful close. The plot is incomprehensible but basically revolves around an old Legion of Super-Heroes villain called the Sun Eater coming to take a bite out of Sol. The world is saved in the end, of course, and by an unlikely hero. Unlikely, that is, unless you've followed any of the DC stuff for the last 15 years, that is. Another pedestrian crossover cynically geared toward making lots of money off gullible fans. 2 stars for Kesel trying to do the right thing, at least.
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Summary: Yet Another Comic Crossover
Review: DC's "Crisis on Infinite Earths" began the odious trend of the comic book mini-series with crossovers throughout the major books of a given publisher. Since 1985, we endure these series at about a one-a-year clip, each more execrable than the last as beloved characters get strip-mined to provide fodder for another gargantuan battle against pure evil to pad the pockets of lazy and unimaginative writers. Karl Kesel's hands aren't clean in this matter either: one of the better writers in DC's stable, Kesel's work on "Hawk & Dove" was always fairly interesting and uncontrived. Once that series ended, we were socked with "Armageddon: 2001" as Hawk became the ubiquitous uber-tyrant Monarch; then "Armageddon: The Alien Agenda" which was a poor sequel with the other also-ran Captain Atom; which in turn was followed by "Zero Hour", which featured Hawk/Monarch's transformation into another omnipotent opponent for our trusty heroes, this time called Extant, who promptly murdered the Justice Society for no apparent reason. In between, of course, Hal Jordan, the Silver Age Green Lantern, suddenly went nuts and destroyed the Green Lantern Corps and seemingly half the universe in "Emerald Twilight". Jordan turned up as the master villain behind Extant in "Zero Hour." With "Final Night", this cycle comes to a merciful close. The plot is incomprehensible but basically revolves around an old Legion of Super-Heroes villain called the Sun Eater coming to take a bite out of Sol. The world is saved in the end, of course, and by an unlikely hero. Unlikely, that is, unless you've followed any of the DC stuff for the last 15 years, that is. Another pedestrian crossover cynically geared toward making lots of money off gullible fans. 2 stars for Kesel trying to do the right thing, at least.
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Summary: The sun's gone.
Review: Every summer, DC Comics puts out a miniseries as part of a big crossover event. These generally involve gratuitous fights, leering villains, forgettable plots, a contrived reason for Superman not to be involved, and a sacrifice of some no-name hero. Final Night isn't like that. The premise is simple enough; weird stuff causes the sun to go out, and only a fraction of the heat and none of its light escapes. Many of DC's more forgettable heroes make surprising comebacks, and the primary focus is on the characters' reactions to the events. The most memorable scenes involve the unlikely team-ups of heroes and villains (the rescue effort is led by Lex Luthor). It also, rather obviously, revolves around a partial redemption for the former Green Lantern, Hal Jordan. Emerald Night, Ron Marz's contribution to the work, is often ham-handed and self-contradictory (Jordan's attitude flip-flops from page to page, sometimes insisting he never changed, sometimes the opposite). Still, it is one of Marz's better works, and a generally positive take on a character he had a hand in destroying. The book is sometimes fatalistic, sometimes humorously off-base, but an excellent diversion from the usual in any comic.
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Summary: This is for Hal Jordon fans
Review: Final Night starts off with a menace known as the sun eater that has struck the earths golden sun. As the justice league along with a vast aray of other heros and villians try to conquer it the Sun Eater continues it's destructive purpose. About half way through it is revealed that the sun will go Nova in 24 hours and envelope the entire solar System. It is at this point that Kyle Rayner (Green Lantern) seeks out Parallax aka Hal Jordon. Parallax is the former GL Hal Jordon. After the events of the Coast City (Return of Superman) Hal Jordon went to the guardians for help. THey said no and he rebelled resulting in the end of the GL's short of the final one, Kyle Rayner. The result of Jordons victory resulted in him becoming Parallax, a human with the powers of the gods. After unsuccessfully trying to regain the GL ring, he disappeared from the light, until this. Kyle seeks out Jordon for help to defeat the sun eater. After some soul searching he agrees to do so and in the end it is definite closer to his open ended story. Overall this story is good however it is more for those who grew up reading GL and were Hal Jordon fans.
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Summary: This is for Hal Jordon fans
Review: Final Night starts off with a menace known as the sun eater that has struck the earths golden sun. As the justice league along with a vast aray of other heros and villians try to conquer it the Sun Eater continues it's destructive purpose. About half way through it is revealed that the sun will go Nova in 24 hours and envelope the entire solar System. It is at this point that Kyle Rayner (Green Lantern) seeks out Parallax aka Hal Jordon. Parallax is the former GL Hal Jordon. After the events of the Coast City (Return of Superman) Hal Jordon went to the guardians for help. THey said no and he rebelled resulting in the end of the GL's short of the final one, Kyle Rayner. The result of Jordons victory resulted in him becoming Parallax, a human with the powers of the gods. After unsuccessfully trying to regain the GL ring, he disappeared from the light, until this. Kyle seeks out Jordon for help to defeat the sun eater. After some soul searching he agrees to do so and in the end it is definite closer to his open ended story. Overall this story is good however it is more for those who grew up reading GL and were Hal Jordon fans.
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Summary: Good Final Hal Jordan Story
Review: Hal Jordan is the Green Lantern that we all remember from our childhood as he was THE Green Lantern from the 60s to the mid 90s. Hal had been the greatest of the Green Lanterns but when his home town was destroyed he went over the edge seeking revenge. In the Final Night the rogue Hal Jordan storyline comes to an end. The story is about a great cosmic entity that devours Stars and has come for Earth's Sun. All of Earth's greatest champions unite to help the sun fight off the entity to no avail. Several attempts are made with no progress being made against the Sun Devourer. Many believe that this will be the end of the world as Earth enters its Final Night. Could a fallen champion return and save the day? That is where Hal Jordan comes in. This book is hurt as this was a major storyline that ran through the individual titles of the DC super heroes and therefore a lot of the story within the trade is lost to the titles that are not reprinted here. The story does not really pick up until Hal Jordan makes his appearance towards the end. So while the story may be somewaht lacking in completeness it is a very dramatic piece as many of the characters realize that for all of their powers and abilities they are helpless against this cosmic threat. Get this if you are a Hal Jordan fan and want to see his return to being the hero he was always meant to be.
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